The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2000
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
12:16 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 964
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 12.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.01° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.60° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.